Though they follow a set list, both make sure to keep their music varied and fresh.

"We think it's important not to be static in the form," Karlof said. "Maybe one song doesn't have to start in the same way all the time ... and it can end differently. And we try to have that in mind and open our minds about this. Because if we can try to keep the music alive in that sense, then it doesn't become boring for us. Then, I think, the audience can feel that."

Being authentic is likely the most important facet of their music and live show. Niki & the Dove is Karlof and Dahlstrom, and vice versa. On stage, the musicians are fully the individuals they are when not making music, Karlof said.

"I think we're quite personal," Karloff said. "We are not there because we are hired. We are there because we are the people that we are. And we have made the music from the personalities that we are. ... We are not actors, absolutely not. I would say it's the person - Malin and Gustaf - that's going to be there."